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Sometimes it seems as if the whole world was on fire. Chaos seems present at every turn, and the uncertainty of tomorrow is felt very much in our day to day. Logic has taken a fall, and emotions seem misplaced. The need for truth has been replaced by a hunger for destruction and manipulation. To win at all costs is not and will never be the pursuit of right. While life demands response, let wisdom guide our steps. Action apart from direction is destruction, and actions committed in anger lead to regret. Much as we may want to respond now in 1,000 different directions, this isn’t the time to throw gasoline on the fire.

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

It’s easy to forget who we are, to get caught up in the drama of it all, and to forget the peace that can carry us through. Faith, family, friendships, and love, the things that not only give meaning, but serve as a rudder through the storms of life. It is as society itself were at war with these things, but again, these are the things that will carry us through, the only things that can carry us through. Take that time to breathe, to be still, to hear His voice and to find His peace that He would direct our steps. Express love to those who surround you, and treasure the moments we share. May the noise that surrounds me never rob me of the beauty right in front of me. Strive not for perfection, but rather what is right. As much as we must stand against evil and declare it for what it is, may the beauty that surrounds us never be taken from our sight, and may the peace from which wisdom flows never be pushed aside. A thrashing bird can know no peace, nor see that the door to the cage is open. It simply needs to stop, that it can see and find freedom. The one who can find peace in the midst of chaos is the one who will survive and live, saving many others in the process.

I’m unsure of who wrote this, but I agree with it. The fact is that the Democrats have controlled the direction of this country since taking over Congress, and Bush is carrying the blame for their failed policies. Even now the Democrats try to blame the Republicans, but they hold the White House and the Senate. The Republicans do not hold the power to give direction, the Democrats do. I am reminded of the line from “Cold Mountain”, “But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say ‘Shit, it’s raining!” Please read and share!

The day the democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007 the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.

The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is “Bush’s Fault”, think about this:

January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.

At the time:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%George Bush’s Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH!!!

The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?

BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!

Unemployment… to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!

Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie – starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.

And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA!!!

And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress!!!

So when someone tries to blame Bush..

REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007…. THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.

Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 &2011.

In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

Nixon was reelected in a landslide victory. His second term ended in his resignation after the Watergate scandal, a scandal which seems minor compared to Fast and Furious. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson both faced impeachment proceedings yet neither have come anywhere close to the actions of President Obama. A campaign has been started to Impeach Obama.

3) The passage of the Obamacare bill, under which Americans will be forced to buy health insurance, is clearly anathema to the Constitution. “The individual mandate is unprecedented and exceeds Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce. If it is allowed to stand, Congress will be able to impose any kind of economic mandate as part of any kind of national regulatory scheme,” writes Ilya Shapiro, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute.

4) Obama’s role in the economic looting of America since he took office is unprecedented. Specifically, Obama violated the Constitution’s Takings and Due Process Clauses when he bullied the secured creditors of automaker Chrysler into accepting 30 cents on the dollar while politically connected labor unions and preferential others received better deals.

The brutality of unchecked government is far too well noted historically and in the world around us to ever allow our government to be untethered from the Constitution. To do so is not only a betrayal to those who have gone before us and gave so much to secure this Republic, but also to those who come after us, our children, grandchildren and beyond. Even limited, power is as prone to abuse as flies are to an outhouse. It marvels me that so many who are aware of government abuses are so willing to hand over their liberties to this same government, to entrust them on every level with our lives and our children.

It has become very fashionable to tarnish the character of our American heroes by pointing out that they were flawed. Personally I have never subscribed to the concept of perfect people, and as such do not hold perfection as my standard for greatness. It saddens me deeply that we have such a disconnect from our history in the U.S. today. The standard has been set and we should remember that standard while striving for the ideal of what America means. Our heroes should be remembered and their examples emulated and improved upon. America means far more to those who understand who we are and where we came from. We are a people of principles and convictions, who learned hard lessons from the places we fled. We are a people who understood the uniqueness of this nation and our role within it. We are the people of the Revolution, whose ideals were framed within a Constitution that remains relevant and meaningful because of the conditions that birthed it and our nation. To lose our cultural identity is to lose not only our uniqueness but our nation itself. To toss out that ideal because people are flawed is the action of fools. It is because people are flawed that the ideal must be held close and acted upon.

The men who fought and died at the Alamo have since had their reputations unfairly attacked. They rose against injustice and tyranny, and even when they knew that they would die for standing against evil, not one saw fit to leave. It is better to stand strong against tyranny than to live under the same. They are heroes, and they show how deeply conviction should run.

If our convictions were that deep, if we were willing to do everything to defend what is right, our government would not be unchecked, and our Constitution would not be threatened. Our challenge is not to overthrow or to break away, but rather to sustain and restore what is rightfully ours. If more Americans knew who Nathan Hale was than Kim Kardashian, and saw which of the two was one to be emulated, tyranny would have no chance.